Anupa Mehta has been associated with art promotion for over two decades. She is an independent arts consultant, an arts manager and a published writer and columnist. Founding editor, Art India, she was also the contributing editor, Asian Art News and World Sculpture News, Hong Kong. Post her graduation in English Literature, she trained in journalism and arts management. Her first novel The Waiting Room was published by Penguin India, in June 2007. Anupa is based in Mumbai where she manages an arts project space cum art source, THE LOFT (www.theloft.in). She also manages an arts residency space Arts Reverie (www.artsreverie.com) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and is director of Ahmedabad International Arts Festival, AIAF (www.aiaf.in).